Three-phase compositional modeling of CO2 injection by higher-order finite element methods with CPA equation of state for aqueous phase

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Moortgat, Joachim ^a   Li, Zhidong ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON DIOXIDE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; MOLECULES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SIMULATORS; WATER INJECTION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPOSITIONAL MODELING; CUBIC PLUS ASSOCIATIONS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROACH; HIGHER ORDER FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; WATER-ALTERNATING GAS INJECTIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AQUIFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EQUATION OF STATE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS FLOW; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECOVERY; SOLUBILITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 84871374140     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011736     Document Type: Article

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